Iraqi army colonel was murdered in a drive-by shooting
near Baqouba north of Baghdad

DEBKAfile Intelligence

December 6, 2005

An Iraqi army colonel was murdered in a drive-by shooting near
Baqouba north of Baghdad Tuesday.

Also, Monday, seven gunmen in two cars seized French water engineer
Brent Blanche from his home in Baghdad. This was the third kidnapping of Westerners
in Iraq in 10 days after a German archeologist and four aid workers –
an America, 2 Canadians and a Briton were snatched by al Qaeda.